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A US senator says he’s found a surefire way to keep Tesla owners from falling asleep behind the wheel, among other antics that have led to crashes: Stop claiming the cars can drive themselves.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Friday called on Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk to rebrand the Autopilot feature of his electric vehicles, saying it’s “an inherently misleading name” because the cars cannot actually fully drive themselves.
Autopilot helps Tesla drivers steer, accelerate and brake automatically in their lane, but requires them to keep their hands on the steering wheel at all times.
Markey called for the name change — among other tweaks — to stop Tesla owners from tricking the driver-assistance program into doing all the work. Drivers have been getting around the hands-on-wheel requirement by resting only one hand on the wheel, tying a weight to the wheel “and wedging a water bottle or an orange” into the wheel, Markey claimed.
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